John Maclean - Hero of Red Clydeside

Informationen zum Autor Henry Bell is a historian and award-winning poet based in Glasgow. He is the author of John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside , described as 'compelling and brilliantly written' by Jackie Kay, Scottish Poet Laureate. He brings people's history to life through running Radical Glasgow Tours, and is a committee member of the Red Sunday School, a socialist school for young people. He has written for National Geographic , Open Democracy and Bella Caledonia . Klappentext "Feared by the government, adored by workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky. The head of British Military Intelligence called John Maclean (1879-1923) 'the most dangerous man in Britain'. This new biography explores the events that shaped the life of a momentous man--from the Great War and the Great Unrest to the Rent Strike and the Russian Revolution. It examines his work as an organizer and educator, his imprisonment and hunger strike, and his rise to the position of Britain's most famous revolutionary. At a moment when radical politics is drawing renewed attention and support, Maclean's example of activism and commitment is as timely as ever."--Provided by publisher.A literary biography of one of the early heroes of radical Scottish Independence.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Bell, Bell Henry
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780745338385
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3838-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Revolutionary Lives; Revolutionary Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, Scotland, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1910 to c 1919, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Biography: historical, political and military, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions